Corner Shot Gun! Amazing Technology - This gun can take corner shots at ease!
Corner Shot Gun! Amazing Technology - This gun can take corner shots at ease!
Vector Boom - action game online
Vector Boom is a different kind of an action game, well it can also fall into the defend your space station genre :) In short the game is, to defend your space station and destroy the hoards of enemies coming towards it.
Well how you attack in this game is unique, you draw a line anywhere on the screen and it becomes the radius of the missiles explosion, but the bigger the radius the more power gets used up, so you have to use it wisely.
There are power ups available during game play like the shield, max power that allows you to draw big lines and clear out the entire screen and magnet that pulls all the enemies together in one place making it easier for you to wipe them out.
There are a range of other upgrades after each level for you to boost your damage, add turrets to the space station, decrease recharge time etc that make this game quite interesting. Vector Boom also showcases a range of enemies, this game gets tough very fast so make the right upgrades. There are two different play modes available for you to have fun all thanks to Armor Games!
Armored Fighter - online action game
Armored fighter will remind you of all those days you spent on your 32 bit gaming consoles with side scrolling action games. Although they are not as advanced as armored fighter, they still were a lot of fun.
This game puts you in charge of a robot, sent to clean up the streets filled with infantry, tanks, rocket launchers, vehicles, jets, helicopters, paratroopers and it goes on and on. As you progress to higher levels you encounter an increasing number of enemies not just in quantity but variety as well.
But no fear, you yourself apart from your machine guns that over heat too fast, will come across upgrade kits for the cooling system, the power of the gun, a shield generator, a freeze kit and a rocket launcher as well. The game is fast paced but gives you time to relax after every mission as well.
The are 10 levels and fortunately there is a quick mode that you can try if you like. The game auto saves so you don't worry about that, keep your guns cool, have a blast! Armored fighter has been created by Udovishe.
Bollywood Buzz: Dirty Picture delayed Dirty Picture shoot delayed again and Rajnikanth is restless.
Bollywood Buzz: Dirty Picture delayed Dirty Picture shoot delayed again and Rajnikanth is restless.
Will Priyanka be the next item queen? Priyanka Chopra is all set to take on this generation's cult item girls Sheila and Munni, in a new item song.
Will Priyanka be the next item queen? Priyanka Chopra is all set to take on this generation's cult item girls Sheila and Munni, in a new item song.
Boeing: India will need 1,320 new planes
Indian airlines will need to buy around 1,320 new airplanes to meet the demand of an expanding aviation sector, Boeing India President Dinesh Keskar said in a statement Wednesday.
"Robust growth with new economic prosperity among a massive Indian population, discretionary incomes, business progress and access to airports will increase airplane demand," Keskar said.
India's burgeoning middle class has switched from traveling by train to flying as an increasing number of private domestic airlines have opened up over the last decade.
Keskar said Indian carriers were becoming profitable and with the economy expected to maintain its upward trend, both air travel and air cargo markets would grow.
This year's outlook is more optimistic than last year's market outlook which had predicted that India would require 1,150 new aircraft worth $130 billion over the next two decades.
Apart from the private airlines, others including state-owned Air India are looking for replacement airplanes as they retire aging and less-efficient jets.
At present one in 200 Indians flies just once a year. That figured is expected to grow exponentially, with the domestic market recording the highest growth rate for aviation globally, according to aviation experts.
In January, budget airline Indigo signed a mega $15.6 billion deal for 180 A320 aircraft from Airbus Industrie, an order the European aircraft manufacturer hailed as the biggest single order in terms of the number of jets in aviation history. Airbus plans to deliver the jets between 2016 and 2025.
Apart from passenger aircraft, India is also shopping for military planes.
In June, India signed an agreement to purchase 10 Boeing's C-17 Globemaster III cargo and troop-carrying planes, making India the biggest foreign buyer of the aircraft.
The planes are expected to be delivered to India's air force in 2013 and 2014.
Candid photos - Salman, Kanishtha, Sushmita and other celebs at various events
Candid photos - Salman, Kanishtha, Sushmita and other celebs at various events
Maruti stops Swift production
India’s largest carmaker Maruti has ended the production of its highly selling premium hatchback Swift, to make way for the next generation Swift, which will be launched in late August or early September.
Dealers have started accepting bookings for the new Swift. Maruti has codenamed the new Swift as YP8 and its trial runs are on in the Manesar plant, reports Economic Times.
Home-grown hurdles push firms to invest abroad
MUMBAI (Reuters) - With land frustratingly hard to get at home, India's largest rubber producer decided to make its next investment -- and its first overseas -- a continent away, in Africa.
Harrisons Malayalam, which is also a major tea grower, is joining a surge in outbound investment by corporate India. It plans to spend up to $112 million somewhere in Africa to buy about 10,000 acres.
IT firms moving out of india - India loses the charm of cheap labour
The recent move by UK- based telecom outsourcer New Call Telecom to move its call centre from Mumbai to the UK is another sign of India's advantage of cheap labour losing its allure.
New Call Telecom, which started the call centre in Mumbai three years ago, said that it chose to shift base to Lancashire as it feels that labour is cheaper in that country than in India. The shift will create around 25 jobs in the UK with the figure rising to about 100 in a couple of years.
The move by New Call Telecom, which provides broadband and telecom services, is not the first such. Two years ago, British Telecom shifted 2,000 call centre jobs from India back to the UK. This is a far cry from the days when companies from countries such as the UK and the US outsourced jobs to offshore locations in India as they had to pay staff less here. However, with salaries in India rising fast, some companies are finding it difficult to maintain profit margins.
Salaries in India Inc are set to rise by 12.9 per cent on average in 2011, according to a report by global human resource firm Aon Hewitt.
"Inflationary pressures and high attrition rates are major challenges for the Indian outsourcing industry. Indian companies are responding to these by starting their operations in Tier- II and Tier- III locations and by introducing employee engagement practices," said P. Vijayakumar of the Center for Social and Organisational Leadership ( CSOL) at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences ( TISS).
"The cost advantage depends basically on the effect of exchange rates and whether we are in a position to provide the skilled personnel needed by the industry," explained Vijayakumar.
The cost of renting space for business has also increased to the extent that it is now as costly in India as in the UK or some other nations, according to media reports.
Nigel Eastwood, New Call's chief executive officer ( CEO) told Daily Mail that, "Salaries in India aren't that cheap any more. Add to that the costs of us flying out there, hotels and software, and the costs are at an absolute parity." However, Amit Nivsarkar, vicepresident, Nasscom, said, "This is not any general trend that we have seen. The company policies to relocate may be behind such instances. Salaries at the entry- level are not issues in such cases as they haven't increased for the past three years." It is, however, not only firms from the UK and the US but also Indian IT companies that are hiring people in other countries in search of cheap workforce.
"Labour and realty rates vary from place to place even in India," said Viral Thakker, executive director at KPMG India, a business advisory firm.
Firms now aim to get a good talent pool at a low cost and will move to wherever they can achieve this goal, said Thakker.
New Call Telecom, which started the call centre in Mumbai three years ago, said that it chose to shift base to Lancashire as it feels that labour is cheaper in that country than in India. The shift will create around 25 jobs in the UK with the figure rising to about 100 in a couple of years.
The move by New Call Telecom, which provides broadband and telecom services, is not the first such. Two years ago, British Telecom shifted 2,000 call centre jobs from India back to the UK. This is a far cry from the days when companies from countries such as the UK and the US outsourced jobs to offshore locations in India as they had to pay staff less here. However, with salaries in India rising fast, some companies are finding it difficult to maintain profit margins.
Salaries in India Inc are set to rise by 12.9 per cent on average in 2011, according to a report by global human resource firm Aon Hewitt.
"Inflationary pressures and high attrition rates are major challenges for the Indian outsourcing industry. Indian companies are responding to these by starting their operations in Tier- II and Tier- III locations and by introducing employee engagement practices," said P. Vijayakumar of the Center for Social and Organisational Leadership ( CSOL) at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences ( TISS).
"The cost advantage depends basically on the effect of exchange rates and whether we are in a position to provide the skilled personnel needed by the industry," explained Vijayakumar.
The cost of renting space for business has also increased to the extent that it is now as costly in India as in the UK or some other nations, according to media reports.
Nigel Eastwood, New Call's chief executive officer ( CEO) told Daily Mail that, "Salaries in India aren't that cheap any more. Add to that the costs of us flying out there, hotels and software, and the costs are at an absolute parity." However, Amit Nivsarkar, vicepresident, Nasscom, said, "This is not any general trend that we have seen. The company policies to relocate may be behind such instances. Salaries at the entry- level are not issues in such cases as they haven't increased for the past three years." It is, however, not only firms from the UK and the US but also Indian IT companies that are hiring people in other countries in search of cheap workforce.
"Labour and realty rates vary from place to place even in India," said Viral Thakker, executive director at KPMG India, a business advisory firm.
Firms now aim to get a good talent pool at a low cost and will move to wherever they can achieve this goal, said Thakker.
Chirpy Katrina turns quiet after split with Ranbir
Katrina
Knee-length skirts, fluid blouses, grown up demeanour and reserved conduct - Katrina Kaif is a visibly changed woman these days.
Though she's always been a bit of a shy persona, she is also known to share great camaraderie with all her co- stars, most of whom she has also got linked up with.Whether it is Akshay Kumar, Ranbir Kapoor and her co- star in the upcoming flick Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Hrithik Roshan, Katrina has never shied away from seeming extremely comfortable cracking jokes and having a laugh with them during press conferences and other public events.
Also read: Salman Khan's family is like my family: Katrina
But it seems during the promotional run up for her upcoming film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara , she is trying very hard to stay away from any sort of a controversy.Usually a lover of miniskirts and thigh skimming baby doll frocks, she is only being seen in longer lengths, jeans and tops. Not only that she has avoided being seen with co-star Hrithik Roshan, who rumour goes has shared an absolutely crackling chemistry with her in the movie.
Also read: Katrina Kaif voted as sexiest woman in the world
She is also maintaining a visible arm's length distance with her other co- stars Abhay Deol and Farhan Akhtar. As visible in these pictures, she is either looking down or looking away, even while feeding them cake.
Also read: YRF's bikini catch for Katrina in Dhoom 3
After enjoying a great personal and professional run ever since she entered Bollywood, the pretty actress seemed to have hit a rough patch recently. After news of actor Ranbir Kapoor having allegedly dumped her because of her closeness to ex-beau Salman Khan started doing the rounds, Katrina apparently went underground.She wasn't spotted at any of the big award functions or big-ticket birthday parties of bollywood celebrities in the recent past.
Now, that she had to surface again for the promotional tour of the film, one can see she is still trying to be as low-key as she can.
Murder 2 review - Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Jacqueline Fernandez, Prashant Narayanan, Sudhanshu Pandey
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Jacqueline Fernandez, Prashant Narayanan, Sudhanshu Pandey
Directed by Mohit Suri
Rating: *
Mahesh Bhatt presents (a squirt of paan). A Vikram Bhatt production (a spew of ketchup). A Mohit Suri film (a splash of red curry). When the credits roll like this, it's not surprising that 60 percent of the film has some substitute for blood being spat on the screen. 'Murder 2' is, as you would imagine, a bloody thriller.
The film's lead hero, Arjun (Emraan Hashmi) is Goa's very own Robin Hood. An ex-cop who is now engaged in almost all illegal operations that can be managed wearing a leather jacket. He doesn't believe in God but regularly visits church to donate fat bundles of money to orphans. And yes, somewhere towards the end of the film, he does reinstate his allegiance to Christianity, inappropriately accompanied by the song 'Aye Khuda Mil Gaya'. And what transforms him into a believer is a series of painfully graphic and ridiculously illogical incidents.Arjun's lady love, Priya (Jacqueline Fernandez) models for sleazy magazines. Naturally, in every two out of her three scenes, Priya is required to shed some part of her clothing. So, for anatomy students, it couldn't be a better way to learn about the human body. Most of Priya's dialogues are lost inside Arjun's mouth as he indulges her in one smooch-athon after another. And when she does get a chance to speak, it's a bit out of sync like the late-night dubbed teleshopping ads.
But what really adds thrill and lots of screams into this thriller is a cross-dressing psycho-killer, Dheeraj Pandey (Prashant Narayanan), who loves mutilating sex workers while singing 'Bheegey Hont Tere', unmelodiously and with sadistic lyrics. Why? Because his characterization is deep fried. Oddly enough, he gets caught early in the film and even confesses to his sinister deeds. But there are so many reels left? So, just to pass time, Arjun is assigned the task to find clues and evidence to corroborate Pandey's confession by a bewildered cop (Sudhanshu Pandey). And just to double the excitement, he has to do all this over a night.
Will Arjun manage to flick his Little Richard bangs and save Pandey's last victim? Despite confessing to finely chopping several whores, will Pandey be let off for his odd political connections? Will Priya's lips continue moving for seconds after her dialogue completes? These questions are only rhetorical and best unanswered.
The dialogues in this film are downright tacky. An interaction between the lead pair just after a ferocious make-out session goes like this. Priya: "Khaaye, Piye, Khiskay? Arjun: "Hotel mein khaane ke baad koi baitha rehta hain kya?" But the dialogues don't even compare to the magnitude of clichés in the plot. Arjun's 'Ma-Behen-Baap' have all deceased due to poverty. Eunuchs have been portrayed as a cult that worships the devil and let's not even get into the cop with the fake Goan accent.
The film's sound effects could have you shrinking into your seat. But largely, it's less scary and more disturbing. Emraan manages a great job of letting his mouth do all the acting but his constipated expressions are only marginally different from his remaining expressions. Jacqueline is an ideal pin-up girl and those considering this film just to get a glimpse of her would be happy to overlook her lack of acting skills or inability to enunciate.
One could safely call this film as the 'Silence of the Bhatts', with Emraan almost managing the Jodie Foster hairdo. And since the penalty for several murders is the same as that for one, let's just hope the third one is a bit more premeditated.
Flight - flying game online
Long time ago there was a game where you could fling a paper rocket, wasn't much so it never featured on the blog full of games. But today we have one with well achievements and upgrades, thats not the only thing that makes it a quality game.
Flight takes you through a story that, well didn't bother making sense of, but what you need to do is pick up the rocket and fling it. In higher levels you can control it to a certain extent with the arrow keys and also get an engine upgrade to boost your takeoff or flight or whatever you choose.
During the course of flight you can collect stars and hit some paper cranes for bonuses, also a bunch of windmills that give you bonus flight! Sounds like fun? Team it up with a wide range of upgrades and achievements to unlock, flight takes you through a good amount of fun time.
You need to cover certain distances to progress through the game, time for your flight!
Alice is Dead : Chapter 1 - online game
imagine waking up one day and having no recollection of who you are. Scary? Now imagine waking up like that next to the rotting corpse of Alice in Wonderland.
Alice Is Dead: Chapter 1 is a twisted take on every child’s favorite fairy tale. In this well designed point-and-click game, you take on the role of a character that wakes up next to Alice’s dead body and has no idea who he/she is.
The game takes a while to figure out. I wouldn’t blame you for using the walk through. From combining objects to make them work, to using your head to decipher codes, this game will have you hooked from the get-go. The game has a nice simple graphics that sort of compensates for the complexity of the game itself, and the rustic game art adds an appropriate eeriness to it.
Don’t be surprised if your find yourself loading Alice Is Dead: Episode 2 as soon as you finish this one. More than anything else, the twisted, warped, almost evil story is what makes this game so captivating.
So get ready to get lost in this nightmarish version of Alice in wonderland. All the best finding out who you really are!
What are they wearing?
Katrina and Dia looked chic while we feel Kangna and Neetu could have done better. Here's a look
Now, hide Facebook from your boss by converting it into an Excel sheet!
A website developed by a university student allows you to automatically convert your Facebook news feeds into an Excel spreadsheet, reports the Herald Sun.
Users can instantly see what their friends are up to on Facebook with updates appearing as new spreadsheet rows.
Uploaded pictures and videos can be viewed by hovering over the entries, and users can interact by "liking" the updates with a simple click on the spreadsheet.
The page, with its intentionally corporate look, is slyly titled "daily cash reconciliation" so wasting work time appears to nosy onlookers as diligent financial work.
The HardlyWork.in site was created by Yale computer science major Bay Gross, 20, after a friend doing a government internship told him she had to wait until after work to read his Facebook updates. (ANI)
Catch up with Saina
Badminton's glam gal Saina Nehwal dazzles in black at the launch of Titan's new range of collection.
Busy Bebo puts filmmakers in a fix
When a star is doing well, it is just normal for everyone to have a share of the star. And that is what is happening with Kareena Kapoor.
People can get bored of item numbers’
Katrina Kaif doesn’t regret any of her decisions and feels people can get bored if every film has item songs
What excited you about ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’?
The film itself excited me. Whatever genre I work in, I try to ensure to check if it’s entertaining for the audience and that’s what I did for this film too. It’s a youth film and a lot about what our generation is feeling today. And you don’t have to do the same kind of comedies just because it’s working. So I wanted to be a part of this because it was a different film.
Every film is different, how is this any ‘different’?
Like ‘Ajab..’ was a commercial comedy aimed at kids and ‘Rajneeti’ was a serious drama, this in that sense is a different film and one that I felt that people will enjoy watching.
Do you have a checklist for selecting a role?
No, never. I follow a very general instinct. If I like something and it sounds like it’s going to fun, I go for it. I don’t calculate or check that the film has this or that. It should just be an entertaining film for the audience.
The film looks like it’s about three guys on a road trip. So have you been on one yourself?
I travelled a lot across Europe when I was growing up. But those were not so fancy as this and not so much fun either and I was very young then. I wouldn’t call this a road trip film though, it’s just a backdrop of the film. It’s more of a ‘coming of age’ film about these three guys at a turning point of their lives.
What were the challenges in playing your part in this film?
The challenges were in the adventure part of it but in a film like this when you have very good actors, it’s just that everyone plays their part and there are not many challenges.
In a multi-starrer like ZNMD, there’s a huge chance of getting lost, so how do you create your identity in the film?
You just have to try and do it. That’s part of the challenge.
Since it’s a fun film, did you guys have a blast on the sets?
It was definitely a very memorable experience. And I feel everyone just came together in a way. When you’re travelling constantly, going to different beautiful cities in Spain, everyone has to put aside their personal issues and airs for a while. And we did bond a lot and it was a special journey in a way for all of us.
Since you’ve been branded for your dance numbers, what are the pros and cons for the same?
I don’t think there can be any cons for it. But that doesn’t mean that every film should have a dance number in it. I think it’s wonderful that they’ve accepted and liked my songs and my dancing. But if it’s there in every film, they’ll get bored of it. You have to break it up. Like in Rajneeti, there were no songs. And at that time, songs were a huge part of what I was doing. The audience wants to see a complete entertainer, songs or not. The next film I’m doing with Imran Khan is a full-on musical and will have dance number again. So you have to keep changing.
At this point of time in your career, which are the decisions you’re proud of and which are the ones you regret?
You cannot regret any decision you’ve made. Because every decision you’ve made was with a good intention. As long as you don’t do things with the wrong intention, its fine. You did what you felt was right at the time of making the decision. There are no absolutes to films you pick. If you’re doing it for honest reasons, whatever be the outcome, it’s OK.
Your name ranked as the most searched keyword on Yahoo! India last year. But in the end of the day what really matters?
What I find special about that and I won’t give myself a pat on the back for this, is that many people are interested in you and your films. And the audience is supporting you and your films and that means more to me than any award. If I can have that and retain that, its means everything. If they’re searching for you, it hopefully means they support you, right?
Do you have a dream holiday?
Mexico because it’s a place I’ve never been to it and it’s beautiful.
Gorgeous Lisa Haydon
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Enchanting Shilpa Shetty
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Malaika: A stunner on any given day
Age is just a number for B-Town's hottest lady Malaika Arora Khan. She has a figure that makes every man go weak at the knees. Malaika looked incedibly stunning in a skinny jeans that showed off her toned figure. See photos
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